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- June 26 & 27: "Battle
at Fort Steilacoom", Civil War Reenactment at Fort Steilacoom Park,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day; battles at 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.; Fort open
for tours 12 noon to 5 p.m.
- July 4: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- July 11: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- July 18: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- July 22: George Wilkinson, professional
land surveyor, will locate historical roads in and around Steilacoom
using an aerial map. He will explain historic legal facts, names and
places. Displayed will be old survey and drafting instruments, and surveyor's
notes and maps drafted before 1900 by local surveyors living in Steilacoom.
(Lectures will be held at 7 p.m. at the Steilacoom Town Hall. There
is no charge).
- July 25: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- August 1: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- August 8: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- August 15: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- August 19:
John Hemphill, retired Major General, & Alan Archambault, Curator
of the Fort Lewis Military Museum, will present a series of interesting
events in the Town of Steilacoom's long relationship with the Military.
The military came permanently to the area in 1849 and had a close relationship
with the town that ended abruptly in the late 1860s. The connection
began again at the end of the Nineteenth Century and continues to build
into the Twenty-first Century. (Lectures will be held at 7 p.m. at the
Steilacoom Town Hall. There is no charge).
- August 22: Founders' Day picnic,
1-4 p.m.
- August 29:
Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- September 5: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- September 15:
Alan Spreen, a member of the Steilacoom Masonic Lodge, and Stan Cybulski,
of the Grand Lodge Library and Museum committee, will relate the history
of the lodge, explain its importance to the town of Steilacoom, and
emphasize the contributions of pioneer members. Masonic books and memorabilia
will be displayed. (Lectures will be held at 7 p.m. at the Steilacoom
Town Hall. There is no charge).
- October 3: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- October 10:
Annual Meeting and program, 2 p.m., Qtrs. 2
- October 20: Gary Reese, retired
Director of Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room, will speak about Lt.
August V. Kautz, a friend of Steilacoom. Lt. Kautz's diaries reveal
the life at the fort and the town. Quartermaster Kautz supervised the
construction of the four 1858 buildings that remain at Fort Steilacoom.
He joined Steilacoom lodges, wrote for the town newspaper, socialized,
and surveyed. He was friendly with Hudson Bay officials at Fort Nisqually
and had an Indian wife. (Lectures will be held at 7 p.m. at the Steilacoom
Town Hall. There is no charge).
- November 7: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- November 17: Eileen Melberg
and Laurie Sterling, Fort Steilacoom Board members and historical reenactors,
will present impressions of women from different backgrounds connected
with Fort Steilacoom during the 1850s. (Lectures will be held at 7 p.m.
at the Steilacoom Town Hall. There is no charge).
- December 5: Fort open 1-4 p.m.
- December 11: Christmas at Fort
Steilacoom, reenactment, 4-8 p.m.
- December 15: Patrick Haskett,
an artist noted for nautical paintings, will present the achievements
of the 1841 Wilkes United States Exploring Expedition in Puget Sound.
The large square rigger, the Vincennes was anchored off Solo Point,
where the original Fort Nisqually was located. Members of the expedition
surveyed, charted, and named all points of the Sound. Historical ship
paintings will be on display. (Lectures will be held at 7 p.m. at the
Steilacoom Town Hall. There is no charge).
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